sharky h. towers.com

I'm an artist, photographer and musician living in Santa Barbara County, California. I have several music projects including "Jaws", a rock project with former and current members of RKL, Lagwagon, Bad Astronaut, Mad Caddies, King City & others. I also have a solo project tentatively called "1976". I record in my home studio which consists of gear & instruments I've collected in the past couple decades. Sometimes I produce, record, mix and write songs for other artists and friends. I shoot pictures using my Mamiya 6, Nikons D70 & F100 and a variety of esoteric 120 & 35mm film cameras (Agfa, Braun, Holga, Lomo). I also shoot moving pictures on a Canon HV20 and on my collection of 8mm cameras. I'm involved with several Websites/RSS feeds. A few of them are Liberation Media, Jaws Attacks!, Drunken Audible and SharkyTowers.com.

June 11

Why more stars will be funding their own companies in the future

Will Ferrell’s FunnyorDie takes HBO for up to $10 million

We’re going to see a lot of stars do things like this in the coming months and years. Smart people realize that the distribution channels controlled by large corporations are going to be increasingly marginalized in the not-too-distant future. They know that they’ll be able to reach an audience directly and maintain complete control, autonomy and revenue from their endeavors. Considering the widespread dumbing-down of mainstream content to the lowest common denominator this can only mean good things for the audience.

Of course I’m not sure we’re going to see a huge change in Will Ferrell’s stuff, no matter if he controls it or not.